Washing-machine



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C. E. WARNER.

WASHING MACHINE.

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Patented Mar. 5, 1889. E 1

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CHARLES E. VARNER, OF MELVERN, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,866, dated March 5,1889.

applicati@ ned inra 22, 188s. sani No. 268,113. (noden T0 all whom it)may concern.'

Be it known that I, @Hannes E. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Melvern, in the county of Osage and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful lmprovement in Washing-Maehines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

)Iy invention relates to improvements in washirig-machinesg and itconsists in certain novel features hereinafter describedv and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure lis aside elevation of awashing-maehine con structed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. f3 a transversesection of the same on the line fr ,r of Fig.' l.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the suds-box,preferal'ily of a rectangular con tignration, an d supported by the legsa', as shown. (,)ne of the ends of the suds-box is extended vertically,to provide a rail, B, for the attaehm ent of a wrin ger, as'will bereadily understood. The top of the suds-box is provided with anopening', C, for the admission of the clothes, and a swinginglid,D,adapted to close the same. The lower corners of the suds-box arecut away, as shown, and on the inner faces of the same I secure thelongitudinal ribs E, of inverted-V shape in eross-secy tion. lithin thesnds-box I provide the beaters or agitators H, projecting upward iltherefrom, and the cross-bar I, connecting and i bracing the saidfingers or agitators.

The ends of the main bar or shaft Gare provided with angular sockets J,which are l engaged by the ends of the set-screws K, and 4 the shortshafts L inserted transversely i, through the upper portions of the legsand the sides of the suds-box, near thelower edges of the same. Theset-screws K mesh with interior screw-threads in the openings through lwhich they are placed, and their inner ends engage the sockets in one ofthe ends of the main bars of the beaters, as clearly shown in Fig. Theshafts L are inserted through,` metallic bushin M, fitted in theopenings in the side of the suds-box and in thelegs. The Q inner ends ofthe shafts are made flat or anl gular, and engage sockets in the ends ofthe main bars of the beaters, while their outcryl ends are provided withthe upwardly-extend ing crank-arms N, connected by a link, O, one l l il l of said eranlearms heilig somewhat extended and provided with anoperating-handle, P. Packing-rin gs Q are arranged around the shafts Land the inner ends of the bushings M to prevent leakage.

In the operation of the machine the clothes, soap, and water are placedin the suds-box and the lid closed. The beaters are now oscillated byreciprocating the crank-arms, and thereby rotating the shafts L, themotion of the shafts being communicated directly to the beaters, as willbe readily understood As the beaters are oscillated, they will swing toand away from the cut-away portions of the suds-box, and fit between theribs thereon, thereby thoroughly agitating and beating the clothes.

It will be observed thatthe device is very simple, and that at everystroke of the bea-ters the clothes will be lifted from the water andthrown forcibly against the ends of the suds-box. :ly my device theclothes are effeetually prevented from clogging in the bottom of thesudsbox and can be easily and rapidly cleaned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a washing-machine, the combination of the sudsbox and the beatersarranged within the tub, and consisting of main bars journaled betweenthe sides of the suds-box near the lower edges of the same and lingersprojecting upward from the shafts, as set forth.

2. The combination of the sudsbox having its lower corners cut away, thelongitudinal V-shaped ribs secured to the upper faces of said cut-awayportions, the beaters arranged within the suds-box and comprisingtransverse shafts and iingers projecting upward therefrom and adapted torest upon the said cut-away portions and between the said ribs, andmechanism for oscillating' said beaters, as set forth.

In testimony that l claim t-he foregoing as myown I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. WARNER.

Witnesses:

J. T. PLownAN, J. T. Davis.

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